Highlights NBA Finals, Game 3, Golden State Warriors vs Cleveland Cavaliers: Stephen Curry and Co take 3-0 lead with 118-113 win

CLUTCH!

Looks like the Warriors have the backing of chess royalty.

Here’s the post-match press conference.

Here’s that dagger to the Cavaliers’ heart from Kevin Durant.

DOMINANT!

Warriors 118-113 Cavs, Warriors clinch Game 3 

This is heartbreaking for the Cavs to say the least. They were leading with 38 seconds remaining. But KD let loose a three-pointer to turn Game 3 on its head! The Warriors take a 3-0 lead.

Warriors 116-113 Cavs

And with seconds remaining, the Warriors have extended this to a three-point lead. That’s harsh!

Warriors 114-113 Cavs 

KD from downtown with 38 seconds remaining! That three-pointer just gave the Warriors the lead!

Warriors 111-113 Cavs

With 1:15 remaining, it’s now a two-point game as Durant scores.

BEDLAM!

Kyrie Irving’s shot hangs around on the rim for what seems like an eternity but doesn’t go in. Irving then claims a rebound despite being on the ground.

Warriors 107-113 Cavs

JR Smith nails a three when his team needs it the most! But how good was that pass from James with just over three minutes left!

Uncle Drew is a ledge.

Incredible defence from James and Love to block a KD two-pointer. Cavs still leading with minutes remaining in Game 3. Can they hold on?

Warriors 107-108 Cavs 

And now Klay Thompson comes to the party with a three-pointer to reduce this to a one-point game with 4:40 remaining in the 4th quarter.

WHAT. A. MAN! Kyrie Irving is putting on a show! He beats Klay Thompson, scores and earns a freethrow.

Kevin Love and JR Smith growing into the game. 

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Warriors 99-104 Cavs

KD with an easy two. But LeBron drives and scores two.

LeBron just passed Jordan!

Kyrie’s stepping it up!

Warriors 93-100 Cavs

Kevin Love shoots another three-pointer to help Cavs touch 100 with 9:02 left in Game 3.

Warriors 93-97 Cavs

Iguodala steals and throws it to Klay Thompson. Two points easy!

Warriors 91-97 Cavs

James nails a three-pointer. That’s 35 points from him tonight. We still have just over 10 minutes left in Game 3.

#ICYMI: Here’s that drive to the paint from Kyrie.

Warriors 89-94 Cavs, End of third quarter.

What an immense quarter from the Cavs.The rest of their players have finally stepped it up and relieved the pressure off LeBron James’ shoulders. We still have 12 minutes left in Game 3.

Warriors 87-94 Cavs

HOW! Incredible minute of play sees LeBron nail two, then score twice as the Cavs take their biggest lead in the NBA Finals.

Warriors 86-88 Cavs

And now Kyle Korver nails a three-pointer. The Cavs are stepping it up in this quarter.

Warriors 80-80 Cavs

The teams are now level with 5:36 left on the clock in the third quarter.

The importance of JR Smith

Steph just reminding people that’s he on the court too.

Is anyone else as pumped up as Draymond Green right now?

James striding past people in the charts today. Here’s another one.

Warriors 76-78 Cavs 

Irving drives to the paint for the umpteenth time and nails his two-pointer with 6:55 on the clock in the third quarter.

Warriors 72-74 Cavs

JR Smith now finds his jumper! Another three-pointer from the Cavs has them take the lead again.

Warriors 69-71 Cavs

And Cavs wrest the lead! Kevin Love has been struggling all night from the perimeter but hits a sweet three-pointer to hand his side the lead for the first time since early in the 1st quarter.

Warriors 69-68 Cavs. 

Whatever the pep-talk was that Lue gave at half-time, it’s working. The Cavs have reduced this to a one-point game as Kyrie Irving drives to the paint and sets up a two-pointer.

On being asked what went wrong for his side in that half, Cavs coach Lue told the on-court NBA reporter, “We’re breaking down mentally.”

And we’re off in the third quarter.

Here’s what ails the Cavs.

Stepping it up!

Class!

Where’s the support?

The move of the day so far. Agree?

Stat: Warriors had 21 assists in the first half. Cavaliers? Only six.

The buzzer beater from Kyrie Irving can only limit the damage so much. Warriors lead 67-61 after the first half. 21 for Klay, 16 for Durant and 14 for Curry.

Warriors 67-61 Cavs. End of 2nd quarter

Kyrie ‘Uncle Drew’ Irving races from the halfway line, does a slick pirouette, drives to the paint and beats three Warriors men to score a two with a buzzer-beater!

Warriors 67-59 Cavs 

And just as we said that, Irving drives to the paint and scores a two. But Klay Thompson shoots a three-pointer and then Curry shoots from downtown to extend their lead to the biggest margin of the quarter.

Warriors 59-57 Cavs

James drives and draws a foul. Two easy shots. But the Cavs are still chasing. James can’t win this one alone. Or can he?

The Dubs bench is outscoring the Cavs bench 12-4 so far.

As their team light up the Quicken Loans Arena, its a riot at the Oracle Arena. 

How do guard this man? 

WOAH! Did Curry just steal the ball away from LeBron’s hands?

Warriors 49-45 Cavs 

James steals, drives to the rim, sees the ball stolen, and here’s Chef Curry with another three-pointer. This match is heating up!

The King!

Warriors 46-43 Cavs 

And even as we say that James comes up with anther slick two-pointer to get his score to 23 points for the night. There’s a timeout with 6:55 left in the 2nd quarter.

LeBron looks set for a 50-pointer game if he keeps this shooting accuracy and aggression up. The Cavs need a King special to win their first in this series.

Where would the Cavs be without LeBron James? Probably at home watching the NBA Finals on TV.

Smooth!

Warriors 46-43 Cavs

James with another two-pointer. He’s scored 21 points in 12 minutes.

Chef Curry cooking some magic!

Warriors 41-40 Cavs

And now that Curry and Durant are out, the Cavs are getting in the points!

Here’s that steal and monster dunk from LeBron earlier in the 1st quarter.

How did the Warriors engineer that first quarter tunraround? Here’s how:

Warriors 39-37 Cavs 

Kyle Korver with a dunk after a silken pass from LeBron James! Still 11:20 remaining in the second quarter.

13 assists in the first quarter is a great stat for the Warriors though. The passing has been superior between Golden State players, with Draymond Green leading the way.

Warriors 39-31 Cavs, End of 1st quarter 

LeBron James was on the bench for a minute and a half and the Cavs incredibly went from two up to eight down. That’s a shocker for the team.

As soon as LeBron James went on the bench, the Cavs went down by 8 points.

Warriors 35-31 Cavs

Chef Curry with a three-pointer.

Warriors 27-29 Cavs

Kyrie with two freethrows after being fouled.

Klay Thompson is having a great game so far! 16 points already with 3:30 left in 1Q.

Warriors 27-27 Cavs

LeBron steals the ball from JaVale McGee before driving to the basket and throwing a thunderous hammer! And we go into a timeout with 2:58 left on the clock in the first quarter. LeBron’s scored 15 points already for the night.

Warriors 21-21 Cavs

We’re level again with 5:17 on the clock as Green scores two freethrows after being fouled.

Warriors 19-21 Cavs

LeBron is up, and running! He drives to the basket and gets in a two-pointer off the glass.

KD being KD

Hello, KD!

Uh oh! That looks bad for the Cavs! LeBron gets flattened after accidentally running into teammate Kyrie Irving during an defensive play. We have another timeout.

As usual, the Cavs have started stronger and lead by 3 points but as we have seen in the first two Games, the Warriors are slow starters.

Warriors 13-17 Cavs 

As we go into the first timeout of teh day, take a look at the intro video that got the arena pumping before the game. 

SWISH!

#ICYMI: Here’s that Kyrie opener. 

Warriors 13-17 Cavs

What a game LeBron is having. He shoots another easy two-pointer. That’s nine points for the night.

Warriors 9-7 Cavs

KD with another three-pointer. He’s shot two from two from downtown, and we’re just three minutes into the game.

Warriors 3-5 Cavs

KD shoots a three from downtown. EASY!

And we’re off. Irving gets the first basket of the game, an easy two-pointer. Him playing well will be key to the Cavs winning today.

And here are your starting line-ups:

Warriors: Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant, Zaza Pachulia, Klay Thompson, Draymond

​Cavs: Irving, JR Smith, Tristan Thompson, Kevin Love, LeBron James

You know that moment right before a boxing match when the pugilists touch gloves? Here’s that moment from earlier today:

The King’s come to #DefendTheLand

We’re minutes away from tip-off. Meanwhile, here’s KD doing…ummm…strange things.

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— GoldenStateWarriors (@warriors) June 8, 2017

The King’s speech!

Are you pumped up for Game 3 yet? Here’s more fuel for that raging fire! 

Lue calls LeBron the best player in the world. A certain KD and Steph Curry may have something to say about that, coach.

This man has seized the first two games by the scruff of their neck. Can KD do a “three-peat” today?

His team have been outrun and outgunned by the Warriors in Game 1 and Game 2, but Cavs coach Tyronn Lue has a simple answer to what his team must do today for victory. “We just have to take care of the basketball,” he said on Tuesday as his team practiced at Quicken Loans Arena.

Game 3 begins in just under half an hour. Take a look at what happened in last year’s Game 3 of the Finals. Can LeBron James and Kyrie Irving replicate a similar result?

Some stats to warm you up:

If Golden State win these NBA Finals over Cleveland in four or five games, the Warriors — 81-15 this season going into Wednesday night — would finish with the second-best single-season winning percentage in league history (including all games, regular season and playoffs).

Chicago’s 87-13 mark in the 1995-96 season cannot be topped this year.

For now, the No 2 record is owned by the 1971-72 Los Angeles Lakers, who went 81-16.

Last year’s Warriors had the best regular-season record ever, 73-9. They then went 15-9 in the playoffs, and their 88-18 total-season record wound up fourth-best in league history coming into this season.

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the NBA Finals! It’s time to move to Cleveland for Game 3.

Can the Cavaliers make the most of their home advantage and stop the Warriors’ winning streak? Stay tuned to fins out!